That sounds a lot like a night terror. Both my kids get them, although they’re a few years older. Almost like a trance with some minor responses to questions.
My kids always need to pee when they have these, so we guide them to the toilet and they can handle the rest most times.
They are immediately asleep again when they lay down.
Once our kids hit a good weight and age and we felt comfortable not feeding at night, we stopped.
Comfort them when they cry, but no picking up and no food. Once they understood bed is bed, they started sleeping through the night pretty well.
It was rough for a few weeks. We would set a timer to check on them every 5 minutes to show them we were still there and we’re not leaving.
Now my kids are old enough to get in and out of bed on their own and they haven’t quite mastered the idea of “emergency” so we still get woken up by their random thoughts in the middle of the night.
For kids around that age, it’s much easier to distract them from something than it is to calm them down about it. If he’s crying about not being able to eat dirt, distract him with a ball or some shit and he’ll immediately forget about it.
That sounds a lot like a night terror. Both my kids get them, although they’re a few years older. Almost like a trance with some minor responses to questions.
My kids always need to pee when they have these, so we guide them to the toilet and they can handle the rest most times.
They are immediately asleep again when they lay down.